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... of this study suggest that wildlife rescue volunteers could access donations, new members and education opportunities by tapping in to public interest and concern for wildlife. Wildlife volunteers wildlife rehabilitation bushfires Black Summer wildlife carers wildlife hotline Knowledge and attitudes...

...Megan C. Fabian; Amelia S. Cook; Julie M. Old ABSTRACT People's attitudes towards the conservation of Australian wildlife is of particular importance as the types of attitudes people hold can have a significant impact on conservation solutions. We investigated attitudes held towards Australian...

... this study can be harnessed to inform future policy and management decisions, design interventions to change conservation behaviours, and provides a foundation for further enquiry into the ‘human dimensions of wildlife’. There remains a wildlife conservation ‘attitude-intention-action gap’, where we...

...Matthew Mo; Libby A. Timmiss; Tim Pearson; Maree Treadwell Kerr; Sera Steves; Justin A. Welbergen ABSTRACT Negative public attitudes toward particular species can have significant impact on their conservation. Traditional approaches to improving public perceptions of flying-foxes include defending...

... Introduction Human-dimensions researchers have documented Australians affinity for wildlife. Surveys have found that Australians enjoy living with wildlife and value it highly (Miller 2003; FitzGibbon and Jones 2006; Russell et al. 2011; Wilks et al. 2013). However, these biophilic attitudes (Wilson 1984...

... education and/or wildlife management actions to ameliorate this conflict. If we are to successfully manage urban wildlife, we need to understand people s attitudes towards it. Both generalist herbivores, the Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula and the Common Ringtail Possum Pseudocheirus...

.... and Cordell, H.K. 1997. Attitudes toward wildlife species protection: assessing moderating and mediating effects in the value-attitude relationship. Human Dimensions of Wildlife 2: 1-20. httpsdoi. org/10.1080/10871209709359091 Rouby, I. 2019. The adoption of QR codes in the tourism sector: the case...

... (Manfredo et al. 2009). As such, management of wildlife, particularly where that wildlife is charismatic, can be a highly emotive and controversial issue (van Eeden et al. 2017). This has consequences for management decisions and practices, for example, as public attitudes are generally the driving force...

... of Environmental Education 16 26 39 Kellert, S. R. and Berry, J. 1980. Knowledge, Affection and Basic Attitudes Toward Animals in American Society: Phase III. United States Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, DC. Knowledge, Affection and Basic Attitudes Toward Animals...

... conflict, including the diversity of contexts and species, and people s attitudes toward wildlife, perceptions of risk, personal experience, and social factors, such as religious affiliation, ethnicity, and culture (Dickman 2010; van Eeden et al. 2018b). However, conceptual frameworks outlining the SES...

... of reptiles. In Practice 38(1): 11-22. 2022 AuZstoraolilaongist volume 42 (3) 701 Knowledge and attitudes towards Australian wildlife rescue services Vanessa Barratt 1,2 and Fabien Medvecky 1 1: Centre for Science Communication, University of Otago, New Zealand. 2: Communicating author: vanessalbarratt...

... a trajectory of change. Culturally, these changes include a shift in attitudes to the species from agricultural pest and popular native bird to a vilified, “overabundant” native species and nemesis of small woodland birds. Ecologically, changes have included an expansion in distribution and abundance of Noisy...

... ten yards away at last located the head, jaws gaping. In the big picture, Humphreys hold[s] the head in his right hand, the limp body in his left. It is unthinkable that such cruelty towards a snake would feature in an Australian magazine today, but popular attitudes towards snakes and other reptiles...

... Fauna Conservation in Australia - is there a role for the Commonwealth? Address by Dr Peter Bridgewater. Director. Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service to' the Annual General Meeting of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales held on 14 September. 1990 OPENING The answer...

... articles about wildlife. We also looked at the writer s attitude towards the animal subject (Table 5). Most articles (109) were positive in their attitude towards the animal being reported, but 25 articles were negative; these were on species such as magpies (4 articles), mosquitoes (3 articles), rabbits...

... there are calls for its substitution by non-lethal methods. Here we ask whether killing of invasive animals is essential for wildlife conservation. Firstly, we define wildlife conservation and its population ecology requirements. Secondly, we discuss ethical considerations and then we answer our question using...